S. Victor Aaron

Mike Dillon has forged one of the more unique paths in music; as an all-around gifted vibrist/percussionist, he’s led – or been in involved with – music that skirts the fringes of jazz, tossing in music forms from all over the country and all over the world in a carefree manner. His outlandish, fearless attitude is what ties all this together.

Italian pianist Tonino Miano pushes ahead with a forward-looking adaption of jazz that combines parts of established tradition with its exciting, esoteric outskirts. Retaining Miano’s rhythm section of Riccardo Grosso on double bass and Andrea Melani on drums, the Tonino Miano Trio is poised to issue another set of intrepid works.

feature photo: Robert Torres The long, decorated history of jazz pianist, composer and bandleader Kris Davis is still writing compelling new chapters on the book of a restive, creative mind and technical savant. Lost In Geneva (September 25 2026, 4166 Records) promises to be the latest of musical triumphs for Davis because she still attacks each project like she’s got something to prove.